On 1 Dec 2000, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Overdose of my name follows: ;)
> >>"Rando" == Rando Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Rando> On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Brian Mays wrote:
> >> Rando Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> > > Okay, so what's the problem with all gpl'd packages Depending on a
> >> > > package called 'license-gpl' ?
> >>
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) wrote:
> >>
> >> > I suggested that, and it might be sufficient, but only if the tools
> >> > like alien actually do enforce the dependency.
> >>
> >> Huh? Perhaps I'm missing something, but what does "alien" have to do
> >> with anything?
>
> Rando> If alien makes an rpm out of a .deb, then in this proposed system,
> that
> Rando> .deb no longer contains a copy of thee gpl -- that being our
> problem...
>
> Why the heck is that our problem? That is the problem of the
> person who usees alien and proceds todistribute the rp without the
> GPL. Fo find those people and yell at 'em until they see the error of
> their ways.
The problem with that is, an aliened .deb has been received from us, thus
counting as us distributing it. And the aliened .deb (and the
resulting .rpm/slack .tgz) would not contain the gpl in this circumstance,
which makes us be violating the gpl. apparently. =P
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